ངག

• IPA^(key): [ŋɐ̀k], [ŋɐ̀ː]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ངག (ngak)

1. (transitive) to do
2. (auxiliary) Used to put emphasis on a main verb: to do
3. short for ངག་སི (ngaksi, quotative marker)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ངག (ngak)

1. (intransitive) to cool down

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 35
• Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 79

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaq. Compare Old Chinese 語 (OC *ŋaʔ).

ངག • (ngag)

1. speech, voice

• སྙན་ངག (snyan ngag, “poem”)

• དངགས (dngags) in སྙན་དངགས (snyan dngags, “poetry”)
• མངག (mngag, “to commission, to charge, to delegate”)
• སྔག (sngag, “to praise, to commend, to extol”)
• སྔགས (sngags, “spell, mantra”)